Mockery
/ˈmɑː.kə.ri/noun
Speech or behavior intended to make someone or something look foolish.
Did you know?In English, mockery grew out of the same Germanic family as words for jeering and ridicule, and it has long carried the power to publicly strip someone of status through speech alone.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*mok-
“to jeer, deride, or make a face”
Middle English
ME
mokerie
“ridicule, scorn, or derision”
14th Century
English
mockerye
“the act of mocking; contemptuous imitation”
Modern English
English
mockery
“ridicule or a thing that makes something seem absurd”